W2XBS Schedule, Week of February 4th, 1940
Here’s the schedule for NBC’s experimental station W2XBS in New York City for the week beginning February 4th, 1940. The only thing I might be interested in seeing is “Art for Your Sake,” otherwise the schedule is filled mostly with films.
Sunday, February 4th, 1940
2:30-3:30: Soccer game, Brookhattans vs. Irish-Americans, at Starlight Park, Bronx
8:30-8:50: Musical televue of James Shelton’s “Our Town,” dramatizing music of five of the composer’s songs, with Dorothy Bird and Robert Shackleton
8:50-9:30: Play, “The Long Christmas Dinner,” by Thornton Wilder, presented by the American Actors CompanyWednesday, February 7th, 1940
2:30-3:30 – Films, “Olympics in the Jungle,” “In Old New Orleans,” “Burn ‘Em Up Barnes,” “Frontiers of the Future,” overture to “Der Freischuetz,” by Carl von Weber, played by Paris Symphony
9:00-11:00: Elimination bouts of Golden Gloves Amateur Tournament, at Ridgewood GroveThursday, February 8th, 1940
2:30-3:30: Films, “Sun Valley,” “Safari on Wheels,” “Uncle Sam the Farmer”
9:00-11:00: Wrestling, at Ridgewood GroveFriday, February 9th, 1940
2:30-3:50: Film, “Bad Boys,” with Johnny Downes and Rosalind Keith
8:30-9:30: Play, “Charlotte Corday,” by Helen Jerome, with Lucille Watson, Jose Ruban, Frances Reid and Carl HarbordSaturday, February 10th, 1940
2:30-3:50: Film, “Abraham Lincoln,” with Walter Huston
7:30-8:00: “Art for Your Sake,” educational feature, with Dr. Bernard Myers
8:30-9:30: To be announced
Sources:
“Notes on Television.” New York Times. 4 Feb. 1940: 128.
Related:
June 13th, 2009 at 2:14AM
“Abraham Lincoln” was legendary silent film director D.W. Griffith’s first sound feature, produced and released in 1930 [through United Artists, one of the Hollywood "independents" who allowed experimental stations like W2XBS to telecast some of their older films for limited TV exposure in 1940].